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Snippets on Alexandra Devane Marick
Alex
Learns the Truth (SOW 7/11/2000)
"AMC's very own
million-dollar question- is Alexandra Devane really Anna Devane?- is
answered this week. Charlotte tells Alex the whole story.
As the week
begins, Edmund notices Alex's strange behavior and frantically attempts to
warn her about her feelings about her devious mother, going so far as to
reveal the truth about Charlotte. Alex staunchly defends her mother, and
Edmund is stunned when Alex leaves with her. Suspecting that Alex has been
drugged, Edmund enlists Adrian's help. Unbeknownst to Edmund, Adrian, with
Dimitri, is trying to gain Charlotte's trust, and he double-crosses
Edmund. Charlotte orders Adrian to shoot Edmund, and Alex runs to protect
the man she loves.
Believing
Edmund is dead, Alex takes Adrian's advice and puts her trust in
Charlotte. The very emotional Alex asks Charlotte if she ever loved her
father, the never-seen Mr. Devane. Though nothing was specifically
scripted, Samantha Eggar explains the backstory she and Finola Hughes
(Alex) have created: 'The father is painted as a deeply caring man. So
when we were working in the dressing room, we said, "Well, all we
have to go on is what you've said about him. He took care of you, because
I was working every day, all day and gone." He was obviously a
stay-at-home dad, and in the '70s that would have been pretty unusual
unless one was a hippie- and he wasn't.' Charlotte goes on to tell Alex
exactly what her connection is to Anna Devane.
However, as
Eggar adds, that reveal may not be true. 'She's been lying pretty well for
30 years, so who knows if this isn't a lie, too? We'll see."
Charlotte
Wants to Destroy Alex on AMC (SOW 74/200)
"Maternal Love takes on a whole new meaning
this week on AMC since Charlotte, who's failed at ridding her world of Dimitri
and Edmund, sets out to destroy her own daughter, Alex. Edmund's and Dimitri's
continued interference with her master plan is causing a great deal of
frustration for Charlotte. 'She wants to get rid of him (Dimitri),' Samantha
Eggar (Charlotte) explains. 'But it doesn't happen with these two, because they
outwit her- first Dimitri, then Edmund. They are aggravating to her because
she's all business. She has her plan. She has all her associates all over the
world, her operatives are working.'
Expect Charlotte
to become even more frustrated now that her two adversaries are working
together. After sharing a touch brotherly reunion, Dimitri and Edmund that
Charlotte isn't who she claims to be, and that they must 'take care' of her. But
while Dimitri urges Edmund not to allow Alex to be left alone with her mother,
Charlotte manages to allay Alex's suspicions about their relationship and
convince her to take a trip together.
Edmund talks Alex
out of going away with Charlotte, this time, which keeps Alex out of harm's way
for now. Her physical safety isn't Edmund's only concern: Dimitri has asked his
brother not to tell his 'widow' that he's alive, and that promise will prove
very hard for the always-honest Edmund to keep."
Is
AMC's Alex GH's Anna (SOW 6/20/2000)
"Alex comes closer to
learning the truth about the years she can't remember- not to mention more
clues as to her relationship to Anna- this week on AMC. Will her findings
about her apparent doppelganger lead to more questions than answers? Charlotte
confuses Dimitri by playing a tape of Anna Devane for him, forcing him
to ponder the possibility that his wife may have been a woman he hardly
knew. 'I've only known her as Alex,' Michael Nader (Dimitri) says in
character. 'This is going to be the shock of my life.'
Charlotte
instructs one of her henchmen to get rid of Dimitri. But the count
fights back and is able to free himself as Charlotte prepares to dispose
of him. Now emancipated, Dimitri struggles with the pilot of the plane,
which suddenly starts to spin out of control.
Meanwhile,
Alex is shocked to realize that pertinent details from Anna Devane's
life are part of the memories she has recovered. Finola Hughes, who
portrays Alex- as she did Anna on GH- is excited at the prospect of
leaping back into some familiar skin. 'What would be exciting,' she
muses, 'is that Anna would be different now. A lot has happened to her,
if she really is alive. I can't imagine the type of life she's led over
the past seven or eight years.'
Alex
agrees to let Adrian take her fingerprints and compare them to Anna's.
Later, Adrian stuns Alex with the news that her fingerprints match Anna
Devane's exactly, leaving Alex and Edmund to wonder if it's true that
Alex is not a real person, but a fabricated myth."
Anna vs.
Alex (SOD 4/11/2000)
"All My Children's Dr.
Alexandra Devane Marick certainly looks familiar. Oh, come one, she just has
to be Anna Devane... doesn't she? Our arguement:
After
Cesar Faison kidnapped General Hospital's Anna in 1992, word came back that
Faison, Anna and her husband, Robert, had perished in a boat explosion. But
Faison turned up alive in Port Charles in 1999 before (supposedly) going down in
another boat explosion.
Anna and
Alex are dead ringers for one another, are both Brits and share the same maiden
name.
Alex has
a friend named Sean Donely. So does Anna. Remember Sean Donely?
Alex has no
recall of what happened for a period of several years.
The
neurologist recently flattened a gunman with some Emma Peel moves that you just
don't pick up in med school. She can't remember where she learned kung-fu
fighting. Ditto for the death grip she used on David.
Alex named
Edmund's new horse Scorpio! Did we mention that Anna's husband's name was
Robert Scorpio?
This week,
Alex mistakenly calls a young girl Robin (the name of the Scorpios' daughter)
and recalls a child who she suspects may be hers.
'Alex's
recollections confuse her about who she is... she might be Anna,' teases AMC
executive Producer Jean Dadario Burke. But... 'There will be an interesting
twist.'" [click here to read my take on Alex
versus Anna]
Alex
is a Killer (SOU 4/11/2000)
"Ever since the talented Finola
Hughes landed in Pine Valley, she's been an utter fascination. Alex's mysterious
past has been one of the many highlights on AMC. Now with the latest reveals
regarding her history, fans are getting more and more excited as to where this
storyline is headed. The news that Alex spent time in a mental institution and
killed a man named Geoffrey hasn't yet answered what fans desperately want to
know. And that is: Is Alex GH's Anna Devane?"
Back to the Future... (SOU 4/11/2000)
"One of the most popular
heroines of all time in the history of GH is Anna Devane. Fans loved her accent,
her classiness, and her adventures. They followed her romantic love stories and
her heartaches... of which there were plenty.
She and Robert
Scorpio were one of GH's most beloved supercouples. They met when they were
spies for the WSB, fell in love and got married. When Scorpio found out that his
bride was a double agent, they broke up. Unbeknownst to Robert, Anna was
pregnant with his daughter Robin. When Anna came back in Robert's life, he was
married to Holly. Later, Anna fell in love with Duke. Sadly, he was killed, and
Holly was believed dead, too, paving the way for Anna and Scorpio's remarriage
in 1991.
Tragically,
Anna and Robert died in a boat explosion caused by Faison, a recent victim of a
similar fate. When Faison held Felicia captive, he compared her to Anna,
bringing up all the memories once again. And making some people wonder if she
wasn't really killed, just like Lucky.
But if she's
alive, where can she be? On ABC's sister show AMC, Finola Hughes, who played
Anna, is now a character who doesn't remember her past. And one more thing-
Alex's last name just happens to be Devane. Wouldn't all of this make for an
interesting crossover?"
The Women of 2000- Finola Hughes (SOU
2/15/2000)
"While watching Finola Hughes play Alex,
one can quickly see why she's an Emmy Award-winning actress. This talented lady doesn't
need to say a word and you still know what her character is thinking. A special look, her
body language, her actions, say it all. Although secrets from Alex's past have still not
been revealed, Hughes is slowly leading the audience to the big payoff. Talent and beauty
are a powerful combo... and Hughes has both. General Hospital audiences took her to their
hearts. Now, All My Children fans are the lucky ones, but for how long? It's possible that
Alex is the presumed-dead Anna Devane, and does that mean Hughes will be crossing over to
GH?"
Paging Dr. Marick (SOW 11/30/99)
"Did we miss something? We thought AMC's
Alex wasn't practicing medicine, but now she's running around in scrubs and in the
operating room. Oh, well, we love her bedside manner."
Editor's Choice (SOU 10/26/99)
"Wednesday Oct. 20th- From the moment she
stepped off of Dimitri's plane, everyone has wanted to know more aobut Alexandra Devane
Marick. This is day when part of her mysterious past is revealed. While speaking with
Stuart, an emotional Alex divulges the reason why she became a physican to begin with and
how that incident has affected the rest of her life."
Fascinating Characters- Alexandra
(SOU 9/14/99)
"New girl in town Alexandra is not quite
as talented in the art of deception; with her, we keep watching just to see what little
hints she will drop to clue us in to the secrets we know she must be hiding. These two
actors (referring also to David Canaray) are always at the top of their craft, and their
intelligent, devious characters never fail to leave us with a mystery to ponder. As for
Alexandra, we understand the outrage and pain that Erica Kane has unleased on the
confusing new Pine Valley presence, but part of us wonders if maybe she did really love
Dimitri after all. We won't miss a day as the mystery behind her appearance slowly
unravels!"
Fall Preview (SOD 8/24/99)
"Edmund and Alex are passionately at odds
in the aftermath of Dimitri's death. Edmund's suspicions build to a startling revelation.
Unforeseen events and someone already on the canvas come into play to push their
relationship, uneasy as it is, to the next level. Their passion over Dimitri is something
that they both feel very strongly, and who knows where it could lead?"
